I forgot to mention that I'm out of the hospital and back home. In fact, I came home yesterday. I was scheduled to stay until today, but I made a nuisance of myself and bullied them into releasing me early. Why? This was my third time getting a treatment with a risk of causing Cytokine ...continue reading "Health update"
Our story so far: Democrats negotiate with Speaker Mike Johnson on a CR to keep the government open for another three months. After a bit of minor pressure from Elon Musk, Johnson reneges on the deal. The new deal is: Fuck you. We get everything we want, you get nothing. Now, I'm no Master of ...continue reading "Republican “fuck you” bill goes down to massive defeat"
by Tom Finan, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Construction Forum The year 2024 has been a stranger-than-fiction year, both in our region and in our nation. Against that backdrop a little escapism has been welcome. Since shortly after Nov. 5th our household has been binge-watching the television show The West Wing. The West Wing is an […]
Brushing scams have been on Contact 2’s radar since 2018. That’s when we met a Chesterfield man who said he’d received more than two dozen items randomly shipped to his family’s home. We found it was happening to folks across the country.
From Multifamily Dive: Lakewood, New Jersey-based real estate syndicator Silverstone Management is suing the companies responsible for building and developing Bold on Blvd, a 272-unit apartment property in St. Peters, Missouri, for allegedly misrepresenting the condition of the property in a $70 million sale to Silverstone in 2022, according to court documents. The suit, filed […]
The Danforth Center has launched a joint program with an ag-biotech manufacturer to develop ways to accelerate and improve production of a beneficial fungi to drive more sustainable agricultural production.
The perennial attempts to widen the reach of copyright in the pursuit of yet more revenue is something that is to be expected from companies. After all, maximizing profits is basically what companies do. But as previous Walled Culture posts have lamented, there is also a widespread tendency among non-profit cultural institutions – museums, art […]
Donovan M. Baucom, 28, appeared in handcuffs and entered pleas of not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action, assault and unlawful use of a weapon.
Christopher Scott Pritchard, 48, pleaded guilty in federal court to two charges for setting ablaze The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cape Girardeau on April 28, 2021.
Elijah Graham, 21, was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He was in custody Thursday without bond.
The Jackson County Circuit Court judge awarded Benton’s heirs $35,000 on Dec. 13, just a fraction of the $85 million that the family sought in a 2019 lawsuit.
ALTON - An Alton resident facing his fifth case of domestic battery has also been charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Larry D. Greer Jr., 29, of Alton, was charged with his fifth offense of domestic battery and aggravated domestic battery (both Class 2 felonies). He was also charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident, both Class A misdemeanors. On Sept. 14, 2024, Greer allegedly struck a household or family member with a closed fist, bit them, grabbed them by the neck, and restricted their breathing. Greer had been convicted of domestic battery on four or more prior occasions, each in Madison County. The first such case was filed on April 12, 2017, with two cases filed in March of 2020 and another filed in February of 2022. In this latest case, Greer was also accused of driving in a reckless manner by “weaving and swerving on the road and repeatedly slamming on the brakes” near the intersection of Belle and
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